Track 29
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Track 29 is a 1988 film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It was produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films with Rick McCallum. The film was nominated for and won a few awards at regional film festivals. The writer, Dennis Potter, adapted his earlier television play, Schmoedipus (1974), changing the setting from London to the United States. It was filmed in Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Plot
The childless wife of a small town doctor in North Carolina, tired of his spending too much time playing with his model trains and her empty life, meets a young British hitchhiker in a café. She starts thinking he might be the baby she was made to give up for adoption when she was a schoolgirl of 15. In her fantasies, as the two start getting to know each other, she finds he is not only the child she has always missed but also a potentially virile lover. He for his part starts wanting to harm her husband, who in fact is planning to leave her for a nurse he loves.
Main cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Theresa Russell | Linda Henry |
| Gary Oldman | Martin |
| Christopher Lloyd | Henry Henry |
| Colleen Camp | Arlanda |
| Sandra Bernhard | Nurse Stein |
| Seymour Cassel | Dr. Bernard Fairmont |
